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Translated Accounts

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Translated Accounts
First edition
AuthorJames Kelman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publication date
2001
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint

Translated Accounts is a novel by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 2001 by Secker & Warburg.[1][2]

Critical reception

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Upon release, Translated Accounts was generally well-received among British press. [3] [4]

The reviewer for The Observer wrote: "This novel marks a change of direction for Kelman, in that it shifts away from his immediate locality to stake out an unnamed, almost abstract terrain; the linguistic power struggle remains a constant, however. ...This book has been seven years in the writing, and you are made to feel the weight of that work in almost every line."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Adams, Tim (10 June 2001). "Kafka with convolutions". The Observer. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ^ Mapstone, Sally (15 November 2001). "Common Sense". London Review of Books. 23 (22).
  3. ^ "Books of the moment: What the papers say". The Daily Telegraph. 9 June 2001. p. 56. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Books of the moment: What the papers say". The Daily Telegraph. 16 June 2001. p. 56. Retrieved 19 July 2024.